extended family
Example Sentences
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A member of her extended family faces deportation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The troubles have opened a rift within the extended family that for more than 150 years has controlled Brown-Forman, amassing a collective wealth that Forbes puts at $11 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Ahmed Abu Sharia, a member of the extended family of those being buried, told AFP the funeral would at last provide closure for relatives.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
In a tribute the extended family of five-year-old Nala said "her smile could brighten the darkest day"
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
They were coming home from church, a big group, my mom and Andrew and Isaac, her new husband and his children and a whole bunch of his extended family, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
